Tripoli , Libya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon said he is set to meet with Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday in an attempt to persuade Libya 's embattled ruler to step down .

Weldon will also meet with Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Khaim , the Republican from Pennsylvania said in an interview with CNN affiliate WPIX-TV .

Weldon said that in addition to Gadhafi 's resignation , he is proposing a cease-fire on both sides ; a withdrawal of government forces from key cities ; no further advances by rebel forces ; a joint interim government run by Libya 's current prime minister and the an opposition leader ; unfettered humanitarian access ; and the establishment of a parliamentary commission that would include American , Middle Eastern , European and African politicians helping to establish a new parliament in Libya .

As far as the Gadhafi family , Weldon 's proposals also suggest a possible title for Gadhafi as honorary chairman of the African Union and allowing his second-oldest son , Saif , to stand in elections .

Saif al-Islam Gadhafi was once thought of as a leading reformer in the Libyan government , but the 38-year-old has become one of his father 's most outspoken defenders since the start of the unrest .

In an opinion piece written for The New York Times , Weldon said , `` I 've met -LRB- Moammar Gadhafi -RRB- enough times to know that it will be very hard to simply bomb him into submission . '' He said he was in Libya at the invitation of Gadhafi and that U.S. President Barack Obama 's administration is aware of the trip .

CNN did not immediately get a response late Tuesday night from the U.S. State Department or the White House about Weldon 's trip .

In 2004 , Weldon led a congressional delegation to Tripoli and met privately with Gadhafi after the Libyan leader renounced terrorism in an effort to establish warmer ties with the West . Weldon said in his opinion piece Wednesday that he traveled in 2004 to support Gadhafi 's decision to give up Libya 's nuclear weapons program , though neither he nor the White House wanted to support Gadhafi himself .

Weldon told CNN in 2004 that he had 14 meetings with `` everyone in the administration '' and toured a nuclear complex .

Libya remains in a deadly stalemate as pro-Gadhafi forces battle rebel fighters demanding an end to Gadhafi 's nearly 42-year-rule .

Weldon 's proposal also suggests free elections within 12 months overseen by the United Nations , according to reporter Larry Mendte of WPIX-TV who traveled with Weldon to Libya .

CNN 's Nic Robertson in Tripoli contributed to this report

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Curt Weldon 's proposals include a cease-fire on both sides , a joint interim government

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Weldon : `` It will be very hard to simply bomb him into submission ''

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He led a congressional delegation to Tripoli in 2004 and met privately with Gadhafi